First off, i blame myself for the hassle.
i had rooted my phone initially because i wanted to set a custom hosts file to point to some machines in my local network. Unfortunately, said rooting proved to be an insane headache when Froyo was released, nearly bricking the phone as it went into a constant loop of trying to reboot and display "Sorry, Process system is not responding" messages.
The solution was to install the original boot image, which then picked up the new update. Of course, i lost all the info on the phone, and will have to reinstall most of the apps i had (there were a few that i don't use).
rassa-frassin' bragga-frappin'
